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PATHOGENESIS OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: THE INTERSECTION OF GENETICS AND EPIGENETICS.
Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association - 1 Jan 2018
Firestein Gary S
Abstract excerpt
Rheumatoid arthritis is a synovial inflammatory disease marked by joint infiltration by immune cells and damage to the extracellular matrix. Although genetics plays a critical role in heritability and its pathogenesis, the relative lack of disease concordance in identical twins suggests that noncoding influences can affect risk and severity. Environmental stress, which can be reflected in the genome as altered...
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